Tule, ńukku, ńuaburista
In the SKVR edition: Suojärvi. Väisänen Ka. 101, prl. 39, 46-51. -17. Vuondele. Palaga Happo.
SKVR textEnglish
[Tule, ńukku, ńuaburista - N'uguta, Jumala, lasta.]
1Tule, ńukku, ńuaburista,Come, sleeper, from the neighbor's place,
2torkku, toizesta talostaSlumberer, from another house,
3lapsen pienen on pieluksihi,The small child is in the diapers,
4vagahazen on vuattijoihe!The cradle's into the clothes! [i.e., needs swaddling]
5N'uguta, Jumala, lasta,Rock, God, the child,
6neitšyd Muarija, maguuta,Virgin Mary, lull [him] to sleep,
7sais on l'ikkańi levätä,May my limbs rest,
8lapsen orja jouten olla.The child's servant to be idle.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:
- The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
Source
Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-034304 · Read at SKS ↗
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